Figure
Figure verb - To have as an opinion.
Usage example: the father figures that girls should have the same athletic opportunities as boys and supports his daughter's interest in soccer
Question
Question verb - To demand proof of the truth or rightness of.
How words are described
| old | old figure | old question |
| good | good figure | good question |
| better | better figure | better question |
| similar | similar figure | similar question |
| Other adjectives: original, reasonable, single, actual, real, little, main, important, new, major, impossible, central. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Every authority figure in Night of the Lepus accepts that monsters are rampaging without question, and all immediately spring into action.
Source: Reasonable Authority Figure -
Crystal Dragon Jesus: The fih'jik religion is very similar to the Christian one, though there's no Jesus figure and the god (or "Supreme One") in question is female.
Source: Videogame / The Reconstruction - However, you're still on your own to figure out anything after Generation V, which brings the question of why didn't Game Freak bring a similar feature back in X/Y and/or OR/AS...
Source: Guide Dang It / Pokémon
Cite this Source
Question and Figure. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/figure/question
Figure & Question. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/figure/question>.
Question or Figure. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/figure/question.
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